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Farokh Engineer

Farokh Maneksha Engineer

Born: 25 February 1938, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major Teams: Mumbai, Lancashire, India.
Known As: Farokh Engineer
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: India v England at Kanpur, 2nd Test, 1961/62
Latest Test:
India v West Indies at Bombay, 5th Test, 1974/75

ODI Debut:
India v England at Leeds, Prudential Trophy, 1974
Latest ODI:
India v New Zealand at Manchester, World Cup, 1975

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 23/01/1975)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   46   87   3  2611  121   31.08   2  16   66  16

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 14/06/1975)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    5    4   1   114   54*  38.00  58.46   0   1    3   1

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (1958/59 - 1976)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  335  510  55 13436  192   29.52   13  704 120

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling              117    1 117.00  1-40    0   0

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1968 - 1976)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  160  150  21  3008   93   23.31   0  12  159  31

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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A colourful wicket-keeper batsman, "Rookie" was always a popular player, both with fans and with other players. As evidence of his dashing personality, "Brylcreem" (of Compton and Miller fame) used him in its advertisements. As a batsman, he was always carefree. He once scored 94* against West Indies before lunch on the opening day of a Test (at Madras, 1966-67). In the 1970s, he once drove English correspondent John Woodcock to the airport in Bombay, after which Woodcock wrote: "...he drives as he bats, or bats as he drives, not always with due care and attention, with an eye for the gap, and, above all, conversationally." As a keeper, his ebullience kept the close-in fielders on their toes. He played a vital role in India's spin-driven successes against England in the early '70s. A shortish, bulky man, he was surprisingly agile behind the stumps, though his excitement sometimes led to mistakes arising from over-eagerness. His running between the wickets was somewhat erratic, though, in keeping with the rest of him, entertaining as ever. Intriguingly, he finished his Test career with a pair, against the West Indies at Bombay in 1974-75. A popular overseas player for Lancashire in the '70s, he later settled down in England, occasionally surfacing as a radio and commentator. (Uday, 1998)

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